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~, / ,•)Al-9g--, //2 • --""" • --~1:' r~ •4"': rt... A • ,XAS.T.prDIA. HOUSE, Novl, 1826. • T HE coma ofDIRE'CTOR S ofthi UNITgD. COMPANY of MERCIIANTS:of ENCILANIS 'Trad ing to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, - That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the nit! COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhail-street, on WinnrsnAr, the 20th December next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forehonu, for the purpose oftieularing a DIVIDEND from Miil• clamor last to Christina' next.' ~4 „:. • • - - -1:1 ~t” '. \ ,„: 3 04' ( ' ,4,-;;S•••,,N ' •-• z* ~....i ii i v t • - - .• --- --' t ' '-f- )i ,q O-0, • t a i ' 4...'' qO-0, 0' ..4.,..:. .6*. - f=,:... •,, , i. , , .-...* ••••,:. \'7.44 •••ik,, k. ' , "`• , ' ' • s',' , -.1 N, (+1 ' '''' 11 .-- ..' .r , . - 'Y ,j( , i\, 4 ,,,r A: . . ~, f , : A , ‘ , P ."' * , 07,; '; , 1 4 '' : 1-.. ",,: ak i .41 , ti,- . .. 4 :- 41 r-Qrs , vs„ .; -,•-: ' ' 420' Illtio t„ '' i .',' OW* . , r \ , , ' - , ._ , . , , a. , un -;: , • 4: k ;l ox" ) t „ / JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Nov. 1, 1826. THE COURT of DI It EC TOR S - orthe UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND-Trad ing to the FAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That _the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be..SHITT on Tuesday, the sth December next, at lime* o'Cloak, and OPENED again on Tuesday, the 16th January, 1597. And that the DIVIDEND WARR ANTS on theaaid STOCK, due an the sth January, 1527,, will be ready to be delivered oa Saturday, the 6th of the same month. • JOSEPH .DART; Secretary. _ - TRINITY HOUSE; Lbildim, November 16, 1826.. L...-Whereas, by virtue of an Act passed in the Third year of his Majeqy's reign, the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Stroml are authorized 'and empowered, upon.requisi- Con, or with consent of his Majesty, his heirs, and suticASors; or Lis or their most Honourable Privy comic% from time to time, to reduce, relinquish, or abolish, alter or modify, all or any, or either of the Rates, Prices, Duerr =nr Duties, or Tolls, payable to them, or any put 'thereof; and are further authorized, at any time or times-thereafter, to revise or re-esta blish the same in ieanner as its the :said Act 'is more. particitholy set forth,:.4.— la pursuance of thip authority,, the said Corporation have pro- Poied to REDUCE the TOLLS payable for the LIGIItS on the FERN ISLANDS ; and their said proposition Loring received his MtOesty's Royal assent and confirmation, ' .. - reOioheroizroketir tatt free) the Ist-January next the ates h i therto payable for the Lights on the Fern Islands will vease, and the undermentioned Rates will be collected in lieu thereof,. vii. t-- Future Rate to commence on the Ist Jan. 1827. Present. Rate to cpaap no the 31st , Dec. .18?.6. British Vessels Foreign Vessels privi leged in respect of Charges as British Vessels Foreign Vessels not so 3d. per Ton. I 10.. per Ton. privileged . .. The above-mentioned Ditties are payable once only for the whole voyage out And home, hut a single passage subjects vessels to payment of the full duty. ~British vessels and Foreign vessels entitled to the . privilege of reciprocity, in respect of charges, are exempt frOm toll when na :vigated wholly in ballast. By. command of the Corporation, • 3. HERBERT, See. 14d. per Ton. 134. per Ton. id. per Ton. id. per Ton. • - • • DATENT HARPS.-- , SCHWIESO and Co., • - 11 - in returning thanks tier the extensive patronage with which •they have been honoured, are. happy to inform the Nobility, .f.ieutry, ant) :Musical World, in general, that they have just oh .teined,hia i lajestyy's Royal Letters Patent.for a new and brilliant INIPROVFAIENT on the HARP. It has been ever a subject of curnplaint, and the Makers attention strongly directed to re move, these unpleasing jars to which Harps have always been fi ' li nd subject---a desideratum, howevei., till now, unnecomplish. Schwieso and Co.'s Patent will be Amid effectually to ?reinetly thin defect, giving a fullness and richnesa. of tone to the :Instrument hitherto unknown, as well also facilitating very .entoiderubly the movement of the Pedals. They will be happy 140, give proof of this most interestiug discovery to any Lady or tßentletnan who will honour them with a call, at their Establish , 47 1nt, `163, Regent,sitect, where an extensive assortment of elegant end brilliant-toned 111701 and . Piano-fortee is constantly on Sale. . . or A great variety of Spanish Guitars on sale: • ",* Harps and Piano-fortea Lent on Hire; Roman Stringi of the first quality.. CHEAP, WINTER CLOTHING for CHA. , , RinEs.---stout Knit Shetland Stockings of all sizes, 7e. 6d ., 90. and 12s. 611. per dozen ; Lambs' Wool and Worsted, I Is. to 14s. Thick White and Spotted Knit Jersey Underwaist. co . ats, 265., 3t . N. ; Worsted ditto, 208.43,. ; Flannel ditto and Drawers, 30a., 341; Great 'Coats, 10s: 6d., 19.5. and -, 13s. 6d. each ; Grey Cloaks, 4s. tid. ttUis.; Flannel' and Linsey Woolsey Petticoats, 2s. Sd., 35., SOW: ; strong Linen and Calico Shirts and Chemisos 44., 4s. 6d., 6s. ; Blankets, ha., 6a., 7s. 841,, Be. 941. per pair; lied Rugs, Qs. 2d. to 49. ; Welch. Flannel, 10th., 1 lit. anti Is. per yard ; Sheet -10d.,. 11 id. ; Calico, tad. ; Linen, 11th., 1 I d. ; hine , Print, 7d., Bd. anti 9th. ; Yarn Gloves and Mittens, Welch Wig.,,Kiinurnock Caps, Cravats, &c. Ike. JOHN, STE.UI and CO. respectfully inform the Nobility and :Gentry, that the above form part of a very, large Stuck of Goods, suitable for Charitable Donations, a list of Which, priced for the present season, may' be had on . Application at their Hosiery and Outfitting Warehouse, 84, Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon—Wash Leather Waistroita, j)rawers, and Socks; Vi genie under-clothing for Ladies and Gentlemen, of peculiar soft ; -and an extensive general assortment of Hosiery, Gloves, fashionable Cravats,: Ready-made Linen, line Welch and Patent Flannels, Dressing Gowns, &c. &e. at. unusually low. prices. Orders from the Country, with a remittance or reference, re gularly Arwarded.—Gentlemen's Cloth Opera, Cloaks, Three. Guineas:each. ABi NE T-M:A KE it ' SOCIETY.— CHEAP-tABINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the LON DON REPOSITORY for the CABINET-MAKERS'• SO CIETY, beibg the only real one now existing in London, No. 11, corner of LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite Aldgate and which has 'been established Upwards of Six years. Fur Ready Money, and no Ahatentent. Tie Trustees and CoMmittee respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry,' that th still Conduct the above Establishment liar the Benefit of industrious and ingenious Meihanics (who have large families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the Cebinet Line of the best workmanship, and cheaper than by any House.in London, no other, profit being required than to 'satisfy the warehouse rent and incidental expencea; toting Natiptied with constant employment to enable them to support their families, the number of whom appear by the Books of the lest Quarterly ,Meeting to be 14S. From the great patronage the Committee nave received, they are in dopes of increasing that number. The followi ng L., a specimen of the Low Prices asked ; all mails warranted :-...., s. • d. }rive feet Afaliogany Bedstead, four-post 4. /0 0 Tent ditto • - 1 6 -0 Bordered Mattress to fit - 1 1 0 Mahogany Drawers With so lid e nds 3 .6 0 tight Mahogany Chairs - 6 10 0 l Pembroke Table 2 0 0 ather Bed free from dust a n d sme ll , f 1,, k11 1%1 12 0 to t 4 S 0 Drawing T room sofa, froot lo 77 I) Sofa Bedstead Mahogany Horse-flair Sof a - 3 0 (l upwards quantity of Paper Hangings for ied, Dining , And tving rooms, at nearly Halt-price. Th e Trade will HMI it worth their attention: Romea Famished at a few dupe notice, ancl . Apartmenta in a few.hourc—Guntla picked free ofexpenoe except the matting. COMMITTEE. T. Corder I J. Wilson .1. Cart er T. Hasler. • J. .Unett . W. Wagko tm THURNELL, Agent. J, ASLER, Secretary CHILBLAINS, RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, Ste. UTLER'S- -CA.TEPUT OPODELDOC.--, Aka Qoput Oil, which is the basis of this Opodehloc, has hoes long esteemed on the Continent, as a remedy for Chronic Rheumatism,: Spasmodic Affections, Chilblains, Palsy, Stiffness, awl Enlargement of the Joints,. Sprains, Bruises, and Deaf ness.; and the experience of late years, is England, proves that it merits the high ;diameter given of it by the most eminent in the profession, in than obstinate complaints. Being combined in the form of Opodehloc, it is rendered more penetrating, and consequently touch more efficacious as an external application. %tithed upon the skin; by means of flannel, or the warm hand, it sp a y s morbid irritation of nerves, invigorates the absorbents, And accelerates the circulation. Sold in Bottles, at Is..lAd. .and 2s. 94. by Butlers, Chemist,, Cheapside, corner of St. Penni ; 73, Prinees-street, Edinburgh ; and 64, Sackville-street, Dublin ; Savory and Cu. 136, New Bond- Street ; Willmott, 83, High-street, Borough; and the principal Ate 'lieiPe :Venders ia the United Kingdom. Of whom may be hatr MAASHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE, an excellent Re -111.9;•for chilblains when broken ; used alsO in Scalds, Bums, etc. ' lir Mk tot INTIAI6 Ciazruv Oroonour, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBOA 19, 1826. No. 10,694. On Thursday will be Published, in Svo: price 12a. N ARR.ATIVE of the BURMESE WAR.— By MAJOR SNODGRASS, Military Secretary to the Commander of the Expedition, an, Assishmt Political Agent in Ave. Printed for John Murray, 'Albemarle-street. OBSERVER NEWSPAPER of Fiee.lB. :n4-MONDAY Al TERNOON'i; EDITION of THE OB SERVO, price Seven-pence, containing the SPEECH of the Right ftih. GEORGE CANNING, at the same length as it ap pealed in the MORNING CHRONICLE of Wednesday last, \VIM. HEjfAIN ON SALE DURINO 't HE WHOLE. OF This WEEK, at the Office, No. 169, Stnia. This Day's Edition of Tnv Oustanit also contains the Mention-is awarded at the. Club Cattle fillew on Thursday Lat. CLARICS - GENERAL • OUTFITTING •.WAREHOUSE, -for the EAST and WEST. INDIES and SOUTH . AMERICA, _EXETER 'CHANGE, :STRAND. °Ricers, Cadets, and Writers. going to India, and Gentlemen pnee4ing to South America, or any other part of. the Globe, fiti3l• thisgetablishment the whole ,of their; Military Ap. flt', Swppls, Chaos, .Sashes, Belts, Pi 1106 &c, Ogee titer with a large end well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and bedding; Cabin Wmit•liand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps; Sea Cheats, Mule and . Bullock Trunks, -and every other descrip• tion of Travelling EquiPage. AN - ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisite's for India; era other. tropical climates ; a great variety of Silver • and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for, families going abroad ;. Military and Hindoe tannee Books, Maps, &v. A FARRON/OLE STOCK of carriage, Curriele, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope aml Chaise HARNESS, with every &scrip tion,of Saddlery, - &c. &c. fu r home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspection from their exeellf.nt quality, first style of workmanship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the 'excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking hot one Ready Money Price, fimn which no abatement will'he made. from O'Neill of 7001., which Mr. Auldjo, at Mr. O'Neill's desireoludertook to pay. Mr. Auldjo returned to town an the coach-box with me. I observed no. marks of excitement or, dissatisfaction in. him. The next day. Lmet him, by accident, at Charing eross, when .he mentioned his loss to me, which. I told him he might pay at-ltia.own convenience. . lit a few days after he. Called on me, and paid me the 500/. ; but with restioCt to the sum he had been desired by Mit. °Weill to pay on his account, he• requested the indulgence of some time. I desired. him to take his own : Upon this occasion he did not suggest the slightest cause of complaint of discontent ; but, as far as .I could judge,.•seetted desirons• of cultivating a .fiwther acquaint ance with me... The.nekt: time that I heard any thing about him was by his own letter of the 26th 01,September, received at Paris, enclosing a copy of one he had written to Mr. Boland, wherein he declined- to,pay any further sum; and -stated that, hy the: advice of his 'friends, in case he -sleanld be pressed for payment, it was his intention to lay the matter I l before the police magistra„ I replied to this .lettar. • next siteeived letfiilisf.tn , Mr. Auldjo's attOrneY„ , dated October 16, demanding back the 500/. * * * * * But it seems that Mr. Attldjo has made some subsequent discoveries that have influenced his conduct. These are so obscurely shadowed in his statement, that lam not able to recognise, in th darkness of his figures,. any portrait with .which I unt ac quainted. When names and times come to be specified, I am sure I shall not obje# to putting Mr. Ellice into full posiemion of any part of mrconduct, which it seems Mr. Auldjo is now doing me the favour to investigate and bring to light. In the mean time, I shall make no scruple of , admitting that I have both lost and - won at cards, before I became acquainted with Mr. Auldjo; though I believe he will be disappointed, if he expects to find that 1 ever won so much as a thousand pounds upon any one ()erasion." Lord Clanricarde has nothing to add - to the statement in this letter, except his declaration that the introduction of cards at the party atLtichnsond, was not in his eontempla tion, when that party was formed, nor at any time' before they were called for. Although'neither Mt. Auldjo nor Mr. Ellice hail named the persons to 'whom tditision was made in Mr. Atildjo's Statement, Lord' ( 7 . 4 , 114 informed, from other sources, that, since the attacks' made upon him in the newspa pers, reports had beeti. circulated against him of unfair transactions at play with:Sir St. Vincent Cotton, and with MI% Payne. He was conscious that;stkeh imputations, were groundlesS, and that neither of thosef , :gentlemen could have given their authority to them. lie.vits naturally impatient to appeal to them for an inunediao refutation ; but he was advised to restrain his impatience, to combat rumours that had no defined source, until could ascertain what course. Mr. Auldjo, Or his advisers, intended to taker more espe cially as he was left in doubt whether it 'was their design to adopt legal proceedings, or not . .. Mr. Ellice was earnestly pressed to declare himself upon that subject without delay-; but he hesitated to do so, be cause, as Lord Chturicarde understood,: Mr. Auldjo's case was before his legal advisers. At length, on Monday, Nov. 'nth, Lord Ckmri car d e was informed (by the autority, as he understood, of Mr. Ellice) of the reitilLol444o.4o*.diAktipit.Wit/I Coat Mel, tits east:wall ittlitrit mill De foinut in the fol. lowing letter, which :Lord Clanriearde l ost no time da dressing to Lord Selsey "JAM) CLANRICAVIE TO LOAD SISLIZY. Lundou, Nov. 28, 1826. "'My Dear Lord Selsey—You are, no doubt, too. well aware ,of the cruel insinuations that have appeared in several of the public Journals against me. By the advice of friends, in whose judgment•tcontide, I have been in duced to maintain. a very mortifying silence, trusting that the time would soon come when my innocence (not rest ing merely upon my own assertion) would be .made mani fest by the course. of events. • With the exception of a communication to Mr. Prendergast, in answer to a state ment of Mr. Auldjo, which he had . procured, I have ab stained from every method of making. my case known. I had no reason indeed from this statement to. suppose that Mr. Auldjo had any complaint to..mge either against me or against .Lord Howth; but as it was understood that he had been recommended to submit his litetS to legal ad visers, find to be governed by their decision,. I was ad vised. to wait patiently the result, :before I adopted any measure for my own vindication, not from his charges, for he never made any against me, but • from imputations, mthich, • originating in , Inisappreboision or malevolence, had spread into public rumour. " I have the satisfaction to inform you that I yesterday received a communication which sets me free. Mr. Pren dergast has assured me that he has the•Buthority of Mr. Edward Ellice, who is the friend, and was the adviser of Mr. Auldjo, to state, th a t t he • Counsel t o w h om M r. Auldjo submitted his whole case, ' have given their de cided opinionthat there is no ground on which any c h arge could be supported either against myself or Lord Ilowth. After this, I have no hesitation in sending you the tte companying statement**, which I of course wish to be cir culated amongst my friends. But I have another very im portant. Object •view. It seems that the name o f S ir S t. Vincent Cotton has, in some way, been mixed up with Mr. Auldjo's ease, and that reports, very new and surpris ing tcime, of transactions between Sir St. Vineetit Cotton and myself, have been circulated to my prejudice. I can not, without better evidence than mere common rumour, bring myself to believe that a gentleman, whom I have known so long and so intimately as Sir St. Vincent Cot ton, can by possibility be the author of statements to affect my honour. He has never, in his manner or language to me, indicated any feeling inconsistent with the most per fect confidence and friendship. lam perfectly conscious that I have merited nothing less► from him. I cannot, however, after what I have heard, bring myself to write to hint, for the purpose of demanding an explanation of the very strange statements which have been ascribed to him. I sincerely hope that he will be able to disavow thou ; lint, tvhile this remains doubtful, I know not upon what terms, or in what. language, I ought to address him. I am desirous, therefore, of confiding to your discretion - and friendship he care of my honour in this particular, leaving it to.yon'to demand on my behalf th e ex pl anat i on which is due to me, and --which I think Sir St., Vincent Cotton cannot in justice refute. The reports to which I allude, are of a nature to impute to me conduct unfair and ;dishonourable in play with Sir St. Vincent Cotton. • • . " Believe me, my dear Lord Sch l ey, Always most sincerely your'S, . • • CLANRICARDE-'• Iti consequence of this letter Lord S e l mer , ma d e a com munication to Sir St. Vincent Cotton, , to which the fol lowing answer was returned : " slit Sr. viNcFNI, COTTON TO LORD sELSLY. " fy dea r Lord. SeheY—l "Lond en , D e c. 7, 18". must beg of you to accept my apologies for not having answered your letter sooner. I wished to see Colonel Wyndham, and I could not ma nage that till this morning. I have no hesitation in atm- • I.filti was a short statement to the tame effect as that con iu tb# letter to Mr, Preutletpst, PRICE 71) ing to you, that in my play transactions with Lord Clan ricarde, I dittnot conceive I could attribute any unfairness to his Lordship-. Had I entertained any suspicion.Of the kind, I certainly should not have paid the money, which I did within a day or two.. " With regard to the reports in circulation, I can po sitively disclaim having authorised . them in any way whatever. " I remain, my dear Lord Selsey, " Your obedient servant, " ST. V. COTTON." "LETTER FROM LORD CLANRICARDE TO MR. PAYNE. " Lord Clauricarde has heard with surprise that reports, which affect his honour.and integrity, with regard, to trans actions at play. with Mr. Payne, have been circulated under the sanction of Mr. Payne's authority. Lord Clanriearde believes that Mr. Payee's name has been used without his authority upon this occasion, both because the reports in qUestion are falSe, and because reports of a Siinilur descrip tion, ascribed to Sir St. Vincent Cot ton , haV e been fully disavowed by that gentleman. lie think* himself called upon, however, to apprise mi. Payne of the use which has, b een m a d e a his:, mum., and to request of Mr. Payne that he will disavow having authorised such reports." " UR. PAYNN TO THE EARL OF CLANAIVA RDIR. " Sterene's Hotel , per. 11, 1826. " Mr. Payne disavows ever having said that he , was treated in any way unfairly by Lord Cllanticarde In any transactions of play, or that he ever authorised such 11 report." _ In conclusion,i Lord Clanricaide has only to say that he is fully and painfully aware of the avidity with which rumours of pr►vate scandal are received, propagated, and exaggerated; and of the extreme difficulty of tracing them to any responsible source. To whose agency is to be ascribed the reiterated attacks made upOn him by the press, he is still to leant. - What inference is to be, drawn from the industrious application of this engine, preceded first by an obscure threat of a cri minal prosecution, and next, by a letter to demand the re turn or the money paid to him, he leaves to the discern ment of impartial. persons. Tie trusts the good opinion of his friends will not be forfeited,. until such time as he is found backward to . meet any charge which may be brought against his honour, supported on the authority of some indiv►dual who may have the candour and the man liness to avow it. GAMBLING IN. HIGH LIFE. We have received the following statement St. .lameles.square, Dec. 15, 189,6. Lord Clanricarde thinks it due to himself, in conse quence of the paragraphs which have appeared in several of the public Journals ' and of the unfound e d rumours which, he und e rstand s , have been spread to the prejudice of his honour, to circulate amongst his friends the follow- ing statement and correspondence, without comment : Lord Clanricarde, received; while at 'Paris, the two let ters alluded to in his letter to Mr. Prendergast, hereafter mentioned. Upon his arrival in London, he learned that, insinuations hail appe are d i n so m e o f the public prints, bearing reference to Mr. Auldjo, which affected his honour, His first impulse was to meet Mr. Auldjo, in the pre» sence of that gentleman's friends, to state all the circuin stances, within his knowledge, connected, with the subject of these paragraphs, and to call upon Mr. Auldjo to admit,. or deny them. With this .view Lord Cl a uri car d e called upon, Mr. Howard (Mr. Auldjo's Solicitor), and that gen+ tleman appointed two o'clock the next day for Lord Clan+ ricarde to meet Mr. Auldjo at his (the Solicitor'4) house. The next day, Oct. 30, Lord Claiwicarde and Lord Howth, accompanied only by Mr..Prendergast, repaired tO Mr. Howard's house, at the hour appointed : when Lord Clanricarde saw Mr. M'CliHivray, who informed him, "that Mr. Ellice had left town the day before, and that in his alaience, Mr. Amidio must decline stating , any=thing, or taking • any step, as he was - entirely guide •by • MO. Ellice's-advice." • • Mr. Ellice shortly after transmitted to Mr. Prendergast, a htntemen t, purporting to be made by Mr. Auldjo, with permission to show it to any of the parties named in it. Lord Chtnriearde has no authority to c ommunicate this statement.• He could find in it nothing to affect his own honour, or that of Lord llowt h ; • except by a very forced inference; and by an'obscure reference to other transactions with persons unnamed; in which it was ; said " the sanzi parties" as Mr. Auldjo had been informed, were , engaged4 and in which one of those unnamed • pelitons' was said - to have lost f.?.5,000/. In consequence of this communication, Lord Clartriearde addressed a letter to Mr. Prendergast, of which the follow ing extracts will give the substance, with a view that he should transmit it . to Mr. Ellice, with Nvhom alone, after what had passed, Lord Clanriearde suppns , l that he bad to communicate : EXTRACTS, &. &e. Nov. 2. " In returning Mr. A uldjo's statement, I feel myself called upon, to declare ; that 1 object t u much of it with re ference both to fact and to Colouring, * # 0 The origin of the party to, Richmond, as far as I was concerned in it, was a propos'al that I should try a horae I had recently purchased from Mr. liy driving it thither in my carriage ; and dining there, us I had occa sionally done before in the summer for amusement. A day was fixed for the purpose: Lord Howth, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Boland, and myself, were to be of the party. I knew of no other. Before the day arrived, however, I had a note from Mr. O'Neill, to say that he had invited a friend to join te,, if I had no objection, and could give him a seat in the carriage. On the day appointed I drove, accompanied by Lord Howth, to Mr. O'Neill's, to take up that gentleman and his friend. Mr. O'Neill, however, introduced me to Mr. Walrond and Mr. Auldjo, whose names and persons wefts before entirely unknown to me, as two of his friends whom he had invited to join the party, and requested I would admit them into the carriage; which, of course,; I did not, refuse On arriving at Richmond, I putted the party to call upon a friend, with wham remained till the dinner hour, when I returned to the inn. The dinner was not long; the quantity of wine drank was, inconsidei.able, and chiefly French. I can safely assert, that nobody was affected by it, and that Mr. Aiddja was perfectly sober and calm. There was nothing, that I observed, eitlier in his conversation, his Manner, or appearance, or in uny thing I had heard of him, that led me to suppose that he was younger than Lord 'lowa* or myself. Some discussion took place at dinner respecting the game of ecarte, in con sequence of which, several games were played, immediately after dinner, .by . myself and some of the party. This led: .to the proposal of a round game, for the anuttement of all.: Macao was that suggested. It was, to the beat of trly , recollection and belief, disthictly, , by the -desire.of 11r. Auhijo, thar 100 was adopted, as the game best known to, and prefer re d by him. The game. was unlimited. Lid) person was at liberty to play for high stakes or noti as lie thought .1 y lit, Mr. Auldjo appeared to me to, play as steadily and cautiously, though very h i gh , as any person co ul d play. Mr, Auldjo Lord Lowth and myself . did not play 8° high as; Mr. Auldjo did, and Lord llowth advised highest,: when he played, continue play . not to play so high. He was at - first a considerable winner. Ile then declined his cards for r i v2 e l :: , eals• till the stake high as I 460/. which was the was as agt ' tin and lost. From this tine,L inn. Lord ft u h e , severalseertt ti d m e e t s erm w i h n e e l d i a t to put an end to the play,' 'amount of the stakes. (`This ls a nd exclaimed against the loser, proposed . was no time, after. mr auritted by Mr. Auldjo.) There had begun to lose, when he might not have declineduldli° In the result, I was a winner Pf"int if he had thought fit. ° 50 0, odd from Mr, Auldjo, a loSer of 89me lamb 1- e( 4 to Mr. Walrond • at 1 a winner 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT4OF COMMON PLEAS, Die. IS. GOLDSTONE: AND SIARYs V. /I. BEAUAIONT AND (quails. (Concluded front our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant WthnE, for the defenilantia, said that the case before the Jury was one of a class of cases whieh were always important, not only as they affected Fire Offices, hut in their vela tipu to the/oldie. It was desirous, on the one hand, that n Lee an honest man suffered )(Jay from fire, his claim abould have the sympathy of the ifoldic, anti the protection Of the law ; and it was also neceasaty that public Companies should be protected from fraud,' and that the public generally should have some secu rity from the evil coosequenem which might arise from the work of incendiaries. The present trial was of great importance to the County Fire Office, inasmuch as it had been insinuated that they were in the habit of resisting claims. He asked his Learned Friend upou what authority could such an imputation be' cast upon them. It was tr,le that office, had r,sisteil the claim of API for a time ineameessfully, hut that party oltimitely bad no 'elate of triumph. The f.eariied Sergeant went the whole of the evidence, to show that that ease wpm one of grass fraud, anti that the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover. The Rev. Mr. Crosby, curate of the parish, was examined as to the certificate. Ile said he signed it as a matter of form, think ing that he was not bound to ingtiire into the partietilars of the loss sustained. It had been preiented to him fur signature by one of the parishioners. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE reprimanded him for 'signing any paper without being fully satisfied of its correctness, and although he acquitted the Rev. Gentleman of any improper motive, he re quested that in future he would be more cautious. James Peacock, a watchman of Shoreditch parish, was going his rounds near the house that was buint. About the hour of one he came opposite the boned, He few smoke issuirig•from the crevices in the shutters. He saw Mr. Keeley there. He went to the door. There were several ether persons present when be forced in the door. A column of' flame burnt out immediately ; it was impossible to see in through it. The fire prooeeded front the middle of the flour. The house Was burnt in about an hour. No person : email enter or save any property. He left the re mains of the fire in the bands of the fireman. One of the plain-. tiff's and another` erson called upon him since, and warms' him to have some drinwhich he declined. He Would know the per son again. (The plaintiffii were then called but neither of them appeared.) What they said to him was, " that if he came for ward and gave testimony, they would make it worth his while— that he should be rewarded for his time." John Leary, another watchman, said he looked in under the smoke, and could not see any bracket*, or goods of any deserip tion; he SAW nothing but a body of flame issuing tram the centre of the shop; be could see a part of the wall inside, and some thing like a shelf but nothing on it. John Terry, a fireman—He assisted at the fire. After the ruins were cooled, he searched tar property, but found none, ex cept a few bare and rabbit akin*, and some caps ; the whole of them he brought away in a handkerchief. There wer e 600 hat. rims. If there had been 650 cups, he should have seen more re mains in the ruins, There were no remains of wooden shelves; if wooden shelves had been burnt, there would have been charred bits remaining. The walls were not burnt. Aire. Good—Lives near the house which wee burnt. She had frequeut opportunities of looking i nto th e plaintiff's knese. In the ware-room, there was generally a young per s on at work, but she saw no property there; it could not be them without her see ing it. There was a sort of counter in that loom. The tipper onp'opomr.t‘ttlyo‘ovf se - eing in t o clos ed et S l with " I t !: ; a st)l4;:tatviteird. noel yards from the house. An officer : front the County Fire Office proved that he went early that morning to.the fire; lie gave directiOns to have the ruins searched, and the good* produced were all that were found. Sarah Stephens lives next door to the plaintiff's house. At about ten o'clock, on the night of the - tire, she lutird a noise next door, which processed from ti number of persons ; they were not talking English; she think* it wasnebrew. She went to bed about twelve o'clock. There must have been its many us skg. per s ona talking. When she heard them the Was in the yard taking in clothes. Thos. Young lives in a house adjoining that which wee burnt ; he !taw Asks in the street on the night of the fire ; it was then ;shout pine o'clock ; there was it perion with Marks before he went to boil ; beard a noise, as if goods were in the act of being re moved; he thought at first it WA* in his own house; upon which he went up stairs to see; the noise was repeated, again ; it was a heavy dead sound; it was about en hour and a half before lie went to bed. - . . , i• daughter ; I voittintinicotea toe w oof, in tile conversation tc, my Several witnesses Were called, who p rove d th a t the most of Ihe husband, and Capt. Bowie , al4O spolx to hlin about it in two or awoices were fictitious. One for Upwards of 3004 was fi'ont a th ret „j as .,, . „„ the 1a or 32ti of Alar,ll, we were ill the dining.- person who could not pay his rate, and was a pauper; another ' tl fir'; C3 P tal " nnwk ` i al " I trrY daughter wt " I" room, ii,-ar _ ie - , . was front a person who was lately burnt out himself. • 1 t ,aa a.. (!aptaln ..that no • riltjaction had been hug tor-ether ; and, from this moment, 1 con- Elivatbeth NVarren was called to contradict the testimony. of a m a - d e by Inv 1111,h:old to I,i, oifer of marriage ; 1 then 'asked him witness fur the plaintif f s, who swore that Marks nev e r s p o k e to wh i t , t i me he tised fur the marriage, and he then took my band, iWI id I don't doubt your honour. I her about a girl who got rd. for giving information respecting a , and Said "I am a man of liororiir, fire; illi9 said there might be 200/. worth of property in the house. sitter oireir" your 'On ei daughter way a Mr. Seixennt VAUGHAN addressed the Ju r y at some i i ,,, th t b i • to w hint th at ill the tweet of marriage, its my the plaintiffs, contending that if the Jury found'a verdict for the , c„tholie, I wished her to be married according to the rites of the defendants, hit clients would lie tent out of Com with I i t , t . I Roman Catholic Churl +, and hr said he bail no objection. MY I a'A ' I + haul ' ' , round their necks.l (how-titer a tialignter on the 10t11 of Mardi, 1826. .Captsita , The 'LORD CutEr JusTicv., in summing up observed, that he 1 Bowles and my daughter loft no house on ,the night of the :Id of thought in the present instance the oftice had acted in a verY Pr"" I .April, IfQ5. 1 did not see Captain 1101 1 + 1 a rm, t h at . lii ab out per manner in re a sisting the claim s o f t h e plainti ff s, s klarneti ; two . m o n th, a ft er they went away (she. way absent until Septern brother lota told them, that by finding a verdict for the defendants, ! ber), I fiumil l i e at Kensington, in a halgingshonse. 4114. they would be putting a halter round the neeki, of the plaintiffs i I month before- copt , iiit 1-lolrles came to its, I Jolt 1 4 1011. ; Captain this was improper, 1 1 11 1111(.' tiaoll.l, not have hien said. lle WOulki in- Houk- oiten told me not to cry' and 11 . 0 too An' hill's. art -I should 1 • form the Jury that, whatever their verdict nrights/kit Wls(ld not.'' be Omitted as evidence in a. future cause against the , p 4 4 1 0, ; but even supposing the lives of the plaintilVdill rest on theft' yet- ' diet, he hoped they would act with that firmeesi which the fins iiee of the cage would regeive. ' The observation had been made hi order to excite a prejudice in their minds against the eotupany. • I[6 Liirdship . was opinion that the ease was lost on Saturday evening, but he thought it would be well to let it run on Wits end, It would he fur the jury to say whether they were of opi nion that a false statement had been maile in the certificate, for ihe purpose of ' cheating the company. This they would explain by their verdict. The pleintiffs must make out the value of the property to be equal to that they had claimed for, and were also bound 'to prove that the fire was accidental.— tNot one of - the Witnesses had *Main that there was moor han 2004 worth of goods in' the house. ' The only witness ' Who had spoken to ' the , amount did not think it would itmount to'that sum. Another eireumstmee which was very awk- ward was, that the house hail only been insured a few weeks befo re 'he fire took plac e ; thi s would Undoubtedly we i g h on the minds ' f the Jury. ' It had been proved by th e 'd e f en d ant ' s witness, that here were a numbe r of p ersons talking in the house on the even- • ing before fire ; why wer e none o f t h ese called by the plains . tiffs to state-what w as t h e quantity' of goods, i . pearance of the h ouse , a t t h e t i me of ,the fire? ,„ No evidence has been brought that'would show in any way how the fire bad ori- • ginated. It atipeared that these men, the plaintiff*, had run out of the house in a state almost of nudity, crying and screaming for assistance, cud, es appeared to him, trying to excite the sympathy of the b}-Standen, or to impress them with a sense of the dread fill State of fear and alarm under which they were suffering. It had been proved that this wall Wiia only about three feet high, and • he Would inquire whether men, laboueing under a real sense of fear, would have stood screaming there with a fire immediately; behind them. It appeared to him very improbable. They had brought a claim thr 7301., and had got persons to sign a tertifi .`, cats., stating that they believed, from the accounts, Ow plaintiffs, had 'kit property to that extent, It appeared by the evidence, that not one of the persons who had signed this certificate had ever read it, or, iu fact, knew what they were signing. His Laardship conSidered this a liana, asid'Whuld entitle the defendants to the verdict of the Jury. It also appeared „that those persons' from whom they had even 'gated to have porchased geode, were never in a state in which they would be likely to have possessed; of property to that amount. They all appeared extremely poor, and in greet distress. He thought that the Fire-offices in general,' from a fear of losing eustoM, had been too timid and backward in bringing fo rwar d cases o f t hi s description. lie begged to immure them that he thought it was a public_ duty, and .that they should not be so backward. He would now leave it to the jury to say, whether they thought the plaintiffs best acted fraudulently, and whether they thought the tire had origineted from accident. The Jury retired for about ten minutes, when they returned and gave their verdict for the defendants, on the ground that the plaintiffs bad been guilty of kantl. ' The Lonn CHIEF JUSTICE then said, he thought the jury Lad done their duty to the directors of the Fire-office, and he leaped they in their turn would do their duty to the public by prosecute ing the plaintiffs for a tionspiracy. BREACH OF 1 ) 11QMIAE OF MARRIAGE.—SEDUCTION. Mr. Mr ft avvvragrttra opened the pleadings. This *as au action brought by the. plaintiff, Charlotte Augusta Daniel, to re cover compensation in damages from the defendant, Charles Bowles, for a breath of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The damages were, we believe, laid at 10,0001. Mr- Sergeant Wane stated the case. i11i,,,, Daniel was the daughter of an Assistant Corumiaaary General in the British army, a gentleman who had served in the Peninsula and on the Continent during the war, and who since the peace had retired to Italy with his family. The plaintiff was, with another eider, placed at a convent at Pisa for their edneation, and that being tinialredgthey retiwned luime to the bonne of .their parents. Mr. Ilmelea, the defendant, was an officer in the British army ; he wits between forty and fifty years of age, and c'esi, at the time/Aloft this transaction occurred, a married man. Ile , waig introduced to the plaintiff '*•family by a foreigu nobleman of their acquaintance, and became a daily visitor at their house. He bed not been long 'acquainted with the family when lie nettle overtures to the plain tiff, and MIMI her mother for permission • to make h er hi s w if e . By the mother he was referr e d t o her eatter, and oo objection being made, it was agreed that 06 Silt:lld become his wife. In a Anal time, however, to tit.. astooishment awl grief or the lady's parents, it wait one morning discovered that the plaintiff had kft her father's boose, accoMpanied by the defendant, end that they lied proceeded on their way to England, There was some reason to believe that the defendant hail previously succeeded 'in accomplishing tire ruin of the young- lady. They arrived in linelamt, wher e t h ey lived I , ooll` time Coneealed, th e ?Wolff ... paterang its thin (lei - mutant'. tilts!. ,•"tt length, all,er Consider inquiry by a female friend ,of tht, fintily, their retreat Wl* discovered,. This lady • strongly representell to Miss Daniel the impropriety of the course site had taken, end dwelt parti- Cularly upon' the defendant's being a married man (as it was then found out lie was); but so strongly land be contrived to ensnare her .affections and possess himself of her heart, that it was with difficulty she could' be persuaded to leave .hind. This ettaehment continued some time ; and it was not until after repeated remonstrances that tuba withi be brought to see hie base. ness in its haw light. . having been provided for by the lady who rescued her front her seducer, she was given up to her parents ; and some time after her return to Italy, she brought forth a, child, the fruit of this illicit connection.. Ilis Learned Friend would doubtless hear with great exultation, that he meant to put the mother and mint of this unhappy . plaintiff into' the box ;. hut he should do so, in order to show the dexterity with which the de ferlant at first acComplished his elijeet, and then turned retool to provide for his safety against any legal procreJitigs. When the lady's aunt found her out, thin defendant repeated his tale of the expectol divorce, and his promise of marriage .in . that event.--- In the meantime, lie lied the art to )1-,,vail upon the aunt to aceept of a sum for she plaintiff's present ,ipport, thinking by this ons. menvre to guard against any proveedings against him. Front tire evidence of that mint, they would perceive with what subtlety the defendant, having gratified his paasion*, had thought to %heifer himself ft-our the consequences. This wee the whole of his case. He was at a loss to know what - kind of &fewe would be made, and therefore would not: occupy lunch of Birk time in specul a ti ng upon it. If his Learned Brother (Sergeant Vaughan) could dame that, previously to, this transactionetbere had beets any lightness of conduct, or any indiseretion on the part of the plaintiff, let hint prove it. But it was ;pretty deer that no wit thing could be shown. He would relyupon the justice of hi* ease, and the pu rity of his clients diameter up to her acqueintaucts with the plaintiff, and with that feeling his should rely fearlessly on the verdict of the Jury. Mrs. Maria Daniel, a fashionably dressed , Italian lady, we* then sworn, through the medium of an interpreter. The CHI tx ,mater.-.-Cau you speak English, tuedem? Yes, a little—a very little (in broken English, a n d with a strong foreign accent). - - Tine CUM' Jeweler—l think: you go on I cry. well. Let th e examination g o on in English, and li•t 0.. c interpreter iuterfere When necessary. The examination then continued, pa, ily i n E ng li s h, and partly through the medium of the interpret,, who, Irving himself , foreigner, occasionally misconceived the ',tore of the questions put to him. This, awl a total want of light in the box allotted to the Reporters., rendered it difficult to take the examination correctly. I' know Captain Bowles; he first came to my house, at Pisa, ,i ti a n tiig t g l ii i it e sttie k ir, t 4 iti vi r liti o isa f t .1. 1.11 , ) e e.1 1 iihrtiettallar;tiediliti;i3l,es:t:rrsh‘lreaen:l:ll::; f4:::ityttrrodidanuimigeleidtlitTel: y.,11.1.11:.111110,11: taxa, a : student of law at .Pilia ; nay family consisted of 'five Cepteill told Mr. Mataxa that be was in love with nay daughter; lie frequented our house daily'; in five or six days after he was M u-oder...a to Ila, lie spoke to me abont env daughter. Ile told ""' that he, was very inueli in love with My daughter, and that he tlesited.to marry her, with the eeesent a iwr father and mother ; 1 su t n o e l l il l. t h l i m th re tl i r r t, np a o a r li t e () 7 :s vi a 3 i i i i, E l:in;l ! ... iel i i i :( l,, i i tr l i e l e i c, l iile thought )4,,,it .i,o the sub s t u v i a ),.. * ,iect4 the nlarriagc; urns husband is at. I?;"tiglightuitri ; at that time be said nothing motet, ;lin I him his' ge, and he said be was 5.:5 yeaia old ; I eski , d bin] if hed b haeen married, and be said nit. I had 01 ,4 g4g ' gees atioretroll Cat stun Bowles ; about my lie cue VA.. A 4 •